Sweatband



Oct- 8, 1929- u 'A w. RocKwooD ET AL 1,731,025

y swEATBAND Filed May 26. 1928 jo, Hlmmmm Patented Oct. 8, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE g A. WALDO ROCKWOOD, OF WINCHESTER, AND CLAUDE A. MILBERY, OF ABINGTON,

MASSACHUSETTS f SWEATBANI) Application filed May 26,

Our present invention relates to the manufacture of hats, and more particularly to an improved sweat band and process of making the same therefor. As previously manufactured, the sweat bands were made of a relatively soft material, such as leather, which is porous, and therefore the action of the perspiration destroys the life of the material and also allows the perspiration to pei-colate therethrough and saturate and discolor the material of the hat itself.

lfe propose to obviate `the objections above noted and use a sweat band of impervious material. In utilizing such material, however, a diitliculty was encountered in that the material was quite stiff and unyielding and, therefore, diiiicult to work. Modern sweat bands are provided with a lmurling along the top or open edge thereof and also we have proposed in addition to the lnurling, to fold up a portion of the sweat band and form thereby what is practically a reservoir to catch and retain the perspiration and in order that the perspiration may be removed from such reservoir, we place in such reservoir a lining of absorbent material such as blotting paper. jIn carrying out this idea in practical form it was found that the resilient material was so unyielding as to render it practically impossible to fold the material along one edge to form a reservoir simultaneously with `fitting the same into the hat structure and, therefore, we devised a method f of perforating the sweat band and form the knurling along one edge and fold upy the opposite edge, simultaneously. Ve find it advantageous, of course, yto provide the structure of the sweat band with a plurality of perforations through which the perspiration may pereolate.

The object of our invention, therefore, is an improved novel sweat band for hats and the like. In the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of our invention, y

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a sweat band showing portions broken away' t6 disclose the construction, and

1928. Serial No. 280,880.

Fig. 2 is a section through the hat showing the sweat band attached thereto@ Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a strip of material of an impervious nature, such as treated leather, iibreboard, artificial leather or the like, of suitable width and thickness and of a length sufficient to encircle the .inner circumference of the crown of a hat l1. Along one edge there is formed a knurling 12 which acts to stiften the same and also to slightly reduce the diameter of the sweat band formed thereby so as to allow the sweat band to more closely engage with the head of the wearer of the hat 11. IIeretofore it was usual to form the knurling prior to the insertion of the sweat band 10 in the hat struc'- ture 11 and it was attempted, therefore, to fold the edge of the sweat band l0 opposite the lnurling 10 upward, as indicated at 13. The parallelly arranged portions 10 and 13, therefore, form a reservoir in which fits the lower edge of a sheet of absorbent material 14. Because of the character of the material 10, which is of an impervious nature, it was found exceedingly difficult and practically impossible to make a smooth job and therefore, we place the knul-ling 12 and fold the portion 13 into position at one and the same time and by a machinesuitable for this purpose. Afterwards, therefore, the practically completed sweat band 10 is sewn te the hat structure 11 by stitching 15. The absorbent material 14y may be of blotting paper, felt, or any other suitable material that is desired and being easily removable, offensive odors from perspiration are avoided and also the material of the hat 11 is protected and is not subject to discoloration, as has been heretofore the case. The material of the sweat band 10 being impervious, it is essential that there be provided a plurality of perforations 16 of any suitable size and arranged in any suitable manner, it being desirable, however, that the lower perforation 16 be not too close to the bottom of the reservoir formed by the elements 10 and 13. f

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is:

An ro-ved sweat band for hats andthe like, comprising a strip of impervious ,material of Suitable Width and length, a iine of knui'ling adjacent to one edge thereof, a poi*- tion 01"' the opposite edge being vfolded back upon itself parallel with the remaining p01'- tion and to thereby oim a reservoir7 a. plu lality of perfoiaiioiis extending through the main portion of the sweat bend into said reservoir, and a. illei of absorbent material in said reservoir.

In Jtestimony whereof, We have signed our names to this specification.

A. VALD() ROCKVVOOD. CLAUDE A. MILBERY. 

